Motor vehicle



' L HAMMERL.

MOTOR VEHICLE. APPLlcATloNVrILEn Nov.'l, |920.

Patented @et 10,1922.

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Nmatita JACOB Herrmann, or DETROIT, MICHIeamassIenoR To PACKARD MOTOR can coin-v PnivY, or DETROIT, MICHIGAN, :A CORPORATION OT MICHIGAN.

p MOTOR4 VEHICLE.

Application filed November `1, 1920.` i Serial No. `421,013. i

To` all 'whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, JACOB Herrmann, a cit-| izen of the United States, and a residentot Detroit, Wayne County, State of Michigan,

5 have invented certainnew and useful l1nprovenients in Motor Vehicles, ofppwhich the `following is a specification. y

This invention relates` to motor vehicles and more particularly to windshields there- `@ne of the objects `of the inventionfis to simplify the windshield construction,` and particularly,` thefmanner oit' mounting or supporting windshields.

vide a mounting for a windshield that will be rigid in Construction `and will not tend to` loosen or rattle. i

. Further objects `of the invention `will appear from the following specification,

taken in` connection "with the drawings which form a part of this application, and in which: i

`iFig. 1 is a vertical elevation of a portion of a windshield and the windshield` mounting constructed in accordance with my invention;

Fig. 2 is adetail perspective View, on an enlarged scale, illustrating the means -or `E connecting the windshield rail or frame member to the stanohion;`

Fig. 3 isl a detail sectional view, on an enlarged scale and taken substantially lon line 3-3 of Fig. 1; and

Fig. l is a sectional view taken substan tially'on` linel 4-11 of Fig. 1, and illustrating, on an enlarged scale, the method of securing` the windshield side iframe member to thestanchion. y

Refeli'ringl'to the drawings, l have shown, in Fig.v 1,'iinffront elevationpone side portion oii a 'windshield.v and the supporting stan chion, and inasmuch as the other side oi' the windshield is supported in exactly the same manner, it has notv been deemed necessary to illustrate the entire windshield. y y In the windshield construction illustrated, a vertical stanchion 10`is secured in any suitable manner toy the body of the motor vehicle, it being understood'that one of these stanchions is secured at each side of the vehicle, ior supporting the two ends of the `Another Object of the invention isto pro-` Windshieid. `The lower Sash n of themadshield is, in thisinstance, rigidly mounted on the stanchions 1n a manner hereinafter described, and the upper sash 12lis pivoted at 13 to the upper ends of thestanchions,`

. rail or -frame member 15, preferablyformed of 'a single piece of sheetmetahthe inner edge' of the member 15 being indented or recessed, as shown at 16, to receivetheside edge 17 of thesash 11, a rubber cushion 1S being interposed between the edge of the sash and the recessed portion 16 of the frame member.

are extended laterally and in substantially parallel relation, as shown at 19, these edges The frame member 15 is substany tially rectangular in shape, and the free ends extending into a longitudinal groove 20,

formed in the inner edge of the stanchion 10, thus Closing the openingbetween the main portion of the frame 15 and the` inner edge of the stanchion. y

In order to rigidly secure the side rail or frame member 15 to the stanchion, a plurality of lugs or ears 21 are secured in some suitable manner, such as by brazing or welding, to the laterally extending portions 19 of the frame members 15. `In order to ac- A commodate these lugs, the stanchion 10 is provided with recesses 22, extending laterally from the groove 20 and the llugs 21 eX- tend into these recesses, and are secured having a laterally extending portion 2G extending into the groove 2O of the stanchion 10, and the member 25 is also provided with a recess 27 in which is positioned a rubber bumper 28, which is'adapted to engage a corresponding bumper 29 disposed in a re cess 30, formed 1n a frame member 31 secured to the side edge of the Lipper' sash l2.

The inner edges of the members 25 and 3l are recessed and provided with rubber cushions 3Q tor receiving the .lateral edges of the windshield sashes. The member 31, secured to the edge ot the upper sash 12, is provided at its outer edge with a fiexible rubber strip '33 which closes the gap between the member 31, or edge ot the sash and the stanchion l0.

From the above description, it will be seen that I have provided a simple, rigid and eticient means tor securing the stationary windshield sash to the stanchions, and, moreover, it will be levident that the means proi vided Will not be lia-ble to loosen and rattle under the' strains and stresses to which it is subjected.

lVliile I have, in the` above specication, described one specific embodiment of my invention, it will be understood that I do not intend to be limited to th-e exact structure illustrated and described, but that the invention isv capable of 1nodication, and that changes in the construction and in the arrangement o the cooperating parts may be made Without departing from the spirit or resinas scope ol the invention :is expressed' in the following claims.

Having described my invention, wlmi. claim and desire to secure by Letters lzllent is:

l. In a motor vehicle, a stanrhion having recesses formed therein, :i sheet metal 'frame member having a recessed portion along one edge adapted to receive a sash and having :1 laterally extending web along its opposite edge, lugs secured to said web and means .tor rigidly securingsaid lugs in the recesses oi said stanchion.

2. In a motor vehicle, :i stunchion having a longitudinally extending groove and laterally extending recesses opening into said groove, a sheet metal 'frame member having a recess portion along one edge adapted to receive a sash, and having lutcufally extend ing, substantially parallel web portions along its opposite edge, adapted to enter the groove in said stanchion, and lugs secured to said web portions and adapted to enter the recesses in said stanchion, and means For securing said lugs in said recesses.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

JACOB HAMMERL, 

